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A review by book_concierge
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
4.0
This little volume explores how Anita (12 going on womanhood) feels as her family struggles to survive the revolution to overthrow the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. Her view is simplistic and focused on the realities of her familial experience - colored with the emotion of first love and the adoration of a child for her father. I've read Alvarez before, and so far I like this book best.
It's not quite as powerful as "The Diary of Anne Frank," but it's a very good book re the Dominican experience under Trujillo. Recommended for young adults.
It's not quite as powerful as "The Diary of Anne Frank," but it's a very good book re the Dominican experience under Trujillo. Recommended for young adults.